Fossils

A scientist compares a megalodon tooth to a great white shark tooth . Which conclusion can she make from studying the different teeth?

• The megalodon and great white shark both only ate plants.

• The megalodon was bigger than the great white shark.

• The megalodon at meat , but the great white shark did not.

• The megalodon was smaller than the great white shark.

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Which is NOT a way that fossils are formed?

• An organism is frozen in ice

• An organism is trapped in trapped in amber

• An organism is covered in lava

• An organism is buried in sediments

A paleontologist was studying different fossils found at a digging site. Which modern day animal do these fossils look most like?

• fish

• snail

• salamander

• turtle

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The picture shows a fossil. Which conclusion can be made by looking at the fossil?

• the age of the fossil

• what type of animal it was

• the color of the animals' skin

• what kind of sound the animal made

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The picture shows a fossil of a dinosaur. Which sentences describe the picture? Choose ALL of the true statements.

• This animal had a tail

• This kind of animal is still alive today

• The animal that makes this fossil in now extinct

• This animal lived on Earth millions of years ago

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Different kinds of soil can build up in layers. Over time, this can form layers of rock. Fossils of different types of organisms can be found in different layers of rock. Choose the two organisms that have been found on Earth for the longest period of time.

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Cara was taking a nature hike and found several items. She recorded what she found in her science journal. Which of the items is a fossil?

• leaf

• acorn

• rock

• petrified wood

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The picture shows a fossil. What can be learned about the organism by studying the fossil?

• It was an animal that probably ate meat

• It was an animal that was probably aquatic

• It was an animal that was probably a fast runner

• It was a plant that probable lived in a temperate ennvironment

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The picture shows a fossil. What can be learned about the organism by studying the fossil?

• It was an animal that probably ate meat

• It was an animal that was probably aquatic

• It was an animal that was probably a fast runner

• It was a plant that probably lived in a temperate climate

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The picture shows a fossil. What can be learned about the organism by studying the fossil?

• It was an animal that probably ate meat

• It was an animal that was probably aquatic

• It was an animal that was probably a fast runner

• It was a plant that probably lived in a temperate environment

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